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  <h1>Opening Resources in the Project Explorer</h1>
  <p class="Para">Using the Project Explorer there are several ways to open an editor.</p>
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      <p class="Para">In one of the navigation views select a file</p>
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      <p class="Para">To open an editor on the file choose one of the following approaches:</p>
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          <p>To edit a resource using the default editor for that resource, either double click on the resource (in one
          of the navigation views), or select the resource and choose <b>Open</b> from its popup menu.;</p>
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          <p>To use a specific editor to edit the resource, start by selecting the resource in one of the navigation
          views, and choose the <b>Open With</b> option from the popup menu.</p>
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      </ul>
      <p class="Para">The Workbench remembers the last editor that was used for editing a specific file. This makes it
      easier to use the same editor down the road.</p>
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  <p class="Para">The default editors can be configured using the <a class="command-link" href=
  'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages.FileEditors)")'>
  <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"> <b>General &gt; Editors &gt; File
  Associations</b></a> preference page.</p>
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